Mohammed Bensakhria

Mohammed Bensakhria was an Algerian al-Qaeda member who served as a European deputy to Osama bin Laden. On 16 December 2004, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to attack a Strasbourg church in 2000.

Biography
Mohammed Bensakhria was born in Algeria to a Sunni Muslim family, and he became a member of the al-Qaeda jihadist group. Bensakhria was believed to be a European deputy for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and he was responsible for gathering supplies for a terrorist attack on a church in Strasbourg, France in 2000, meeting with other would-be attackers in Frankfurt, Germany. On 16 December 2004, he was arrested in Alicante, Spain for his role in planning the failed attack, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison. German police dismantled his terrorist cell while he was behind bars.